
Hector William “Harry” Cording was a British character actor. Cording was brought up and educated in his native England, and later settled permanently in Los Angeles, where he began a film career in 1925. He appeared in many Hollywood films from then to the 1950s. With an imposing six-foot height and stocky build, Harry the Henchman usually portrayed thugs, villains' henchmen and policemen. Cording's most notable roles were probably as the villainous Dickon Malbete, Captain of the Guard in Errol Flynn's Adventures of Robin Hood and as Thamal, the hulking henchman to Bela Lugosi's character in 1934's Black Cat. As a contract player at Universal Pictures in the 1940s, he turned up in tiny parts in many of their horror films, such as The Wolf Man. Having appeared in a bit role in 20th Century-Fox's Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Basil Rathbone (1939), he went on to appear in supporting and bit parts in seven of the twelve Universal Studios Sherlock Holmes films in which Rathbone starred.

Hibbs (uncredited)
Cripple Creek

Chauffeur McNabb
A Woman's Vengeance

Mob Leader (uncredited)
The Ghost of Frankenstein

Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Secret Of St. Ives

Hamid
Dressed to Kill

Matt Wayne
Hot Cargo

Thamal
The Black Cat

John Simpson
The House of Fear

George Gelder (uncredited)
The Pearl of Death

Wykes (uncredited)
The Wolf Man

Blacksmith Hawkins
The House of the Seven Gables

Miner (uncredited)
The Invisible Man Returns

Supt. Saunders
Killer Leopard

Detective Sgt. Bates
Man in the Attic

Second Heavy
Daredevil's Reward

Second Guard
The Prince and the Pauper

Cleve Gregg
The Big Trees

Mahmoud
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Gow
Against All Flags

Sailor Who Knocks Out Capt. Winter (uncredited)
The Sea Ghost

Jim - the Second Guard (uncredited)
Crime School

Kent
Captain Blood

The Strange Door

Captain of King's Guards (uncredited)
The Black Shield of Falworth

Guard (uncredited)
Peter Ibbetson

The Iroquois Trail

Stefan
The Patriot

Will Ward
Fortunes of Captain Blood

Corporal at Base (uncredited)
They Met in Bombay

Sutliff (uncredited)
Two Tickets to London

Gus
The Fatal Witness

Townsman (uncredited)
Law and Order

Verna’s Father (uncredited)
Road to Bali

Col. Ramsey's Overseer (uncredited)
Captain Pirate

Castelaine Spokesman (uncredited)
King Richard and the Crusaders

Turnkey (uncredited)
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

Boiler Room Engineer (uncredited)
Titanic

Sailor (uncredited)
Sea Devils

Policeman (Uncredited)
Bluebeard

Stableman (uncredited)
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap

Ted Driscoll
Night Stage to Galveston

Buccaneer's Girl

Customer (Uncredited)
Sweepings

Peter
The Squall

First Orderly
Captured!

Joe Burch
Daniel Boone

Captain Greeder
The Great Alaskan Mystery

Arresting British Trooper (uncredited)
Sons of Liberty

Mike Bridges
Al Jennings of Oklahoma

Dr. William G. Davis
Narcotic

Sergeant Dostal
Bride of the Regiment

Gendarme Arresting Yvette (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Paris

Chick Carson
Rough Romance

Kirghiz Soldier at Fort Darvaz
New Moon

Brown
Last of the Buccaneers

Le Bruin
Captain of the Guard

Cramer
The Intruder

Tribesman
Strange Wives

Tea Planter (uncredited)
Calcutta

Blackie
Rawhide Rangers

Seaman Lars
Sutter's Gold

Miner (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down

Vic - Farmer (uncredited)
The Mummy's Tomb

Orlando (uncredited)
That Lady in Ermine

Courtroom Spectator Next to Carol (uncredited)
Phantom Lady

Rough Character in the Park
Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hospital Storekeeper (uncredited)
The White Angel

Duke
Fool's Gold

Guard Accepting Bribe
Devil's Island

Bullet Line Blacksmith
Stand Up and Fight

Bearded Gendarme (uncredited)
Son of Frankenstein

Master Sergeant (uncredited)
Sirocco

Man Stealing Watermelon (uncredited)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Whiskey Joe
Arizona Legion

Zurof Camp Guard
The Sun Never Sets

Lead Murderer of the Children
Tower of London

Man Carrying Leni
We Are Not Alone

Jailer
We Live Again

Temple
Each Dawn I Die

Bos'un
Mutiny on the Blackhawk

Pete Brannigan
Stage to Chino

Creepy - Lends Tom Guns (uncredited)
Destry Rides Again

Guard (uncredited)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Soldier
The Light That Failed

Second Fake Constable (uncredited)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Henchman Bat Cardigan
The Marshal Of Mesa City

Chill Scarpelli
Night Beat

Miner Leading Mob (uncredited)
Heart of the North

Wade Garson
King of the Royal Mounted

Clancy
Texas Stagecoach

Deputy (uncredited)
The Grapes of Wrath

Iron Joe Martin
Fugitive from Sonora

Logger (uncredited)
The Country Doctor

Bouncer (uncredited)
East of Eden

Dannick - Crooked Construction Foreman
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Man in Mob About to Set 'Clermont' Afire
Little Old New York

Greer
Valley of the Giants

Dickon Malbete
The Adventures of Robin Hood

Henchman Shanks
Jungle Gents

Soldier (uncredited)
Mutiny on the Bounty

Poe Daggett
Law and Order

Phil
Trail of the Vigilantes

J. L. Red Clinton
Bury Me Not on the Lone Prairie

Mike, Cork's Henchman
The Lady from Cheyenne

Rigby Henchman
When the Daltons Rode

Workman in Delaware Crossing (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail

Angry Townsman in Bank
Dark Command

Scarecrow - Union Prisoner at Libby (uncredited)
Virginia City

Ivanovitch
The World and the Flesh

Revolutionary (Uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn

Slavemaster
The Sea Hawk

Guard (uncredited)
Strange Cargo

Morgan
Dangerous Venture

Sailor on the Nova Scotian (uncredited)
A Dispatch from Reuters

Leader
Florian

Rogue
Don't You Believe It

Colby Man Fred (uncredited)
To the Last Man

Sam Dawson (guard with whip)
Road Gang

Dick Torpe
Christina

Henchman Driver
The Girl in 419

Shayne MacGregor
Brave Warrior

Blacksmith Higgins
Riders of the Badlands

Sam Gregg - Henchman
Overland Mail

John King
The Man from the Rio Grande

Riker
The Marauders

Hawkins
Trail of the Mounties

Jackson
Badlands of Dakota

Saloon Bouncer
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Poker Player (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy

Miner (uncredited)
The Spoilers

Moose Legrande
Santa Fe

Jack Brady (uncredited)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

Card Player (uncredited)
So Ends Our Night

Blacksmith
Arabian Nights

Jake Farwell
Texas Cyclone

Fred Garvin (uncredited)
The Spider Woman

Ivan (uncredited)
Mata Hari

Waiter (uncredited)
A Christmas Carol

Mock the Undertaker (uncredited)
Terror by Night

Camberwell
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

Rouge's Henchman
The Right of Way

Peasant (Uncredited)
The Soldier and the Lady

Bartender
Inside Job

Crow's Nest Manager (uncredited)
Singapore Woman

Ross Clinton (uncredited)
The Cabin in the Cotton

Sampson Edwards
Tyrant of the Sea

Peasant Rebel Leader (uncredited)
Song of Revolt

Revolutionist (uncredited)
The Last Command

Captain Marver
Gypsy Wildcat

Uba
Sudan

Butch Daggett
The Conquering Horde

Kouski
Honor of the Family

Man Who Flails the Mayor
For Whom the Bell Tolls

Blacksmith (uncredited)
Mission to Moscow

Michele
File 113

Roundhead (uncredited)
The Exile

Guard (Uncredited)
Maid of Salem

Orlick
Great Expectations

Gambler (uncredited)
Red River

Seaman (Uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea

Warrior (uncredited)
Road to Morocco

Convict in Prison Yard (uncredited)
Convicted

Hotel House Detective
Lydia

Police Chief (uncredited)
Lost in a Harem

Newgate Prison Warder (uncredited)
Captain Kidd

Stoker (uncredited)
Ship Cafe

Steve McKenna
The Knockout

Bobby
The Man in Half Moon Street

Coachman with Frightened Horses (uncredited)
Devotion

Zio d'Orsini
Mask of the Avenger

Guard (uncredited)
You Only Live Once

Leader (uncredited)
Tap Roots

Eddie Lindo
The Great Plane Robbery

Executioner (uncredited)
Marie Antoinette

Henchman Burke
Painted Desert

Pirate (uncredited)
Naughty Marietta

Village Dairyman (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Jenner

Fred (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell

Haskins
Black Jack

The Hijacker
Sins of the Fathers

Harmon
Mutiny in the Arctic

Jeffers
Passport to Alcatraz

Sentry (uncredited)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

Humphrey
Mrs. Parkington

Louie (uncredited)
Black Fury

Rawlins
Raiders of the Desert

Edward Vane
13 Lead Soldiers

Gallagher
The Isle of Lost Ships

Miner (uncredited)
California

Beam Warder
Les Misérables

Man (uncredited)
The House of Rothschild

Guard (uncredited)
The Black Arrow

Turk, an Opium Addict (uncredited)
The Mystery of Edwin Drood

Man Reading Newspaper (uncredited)
Secrets of the French Police

San Arango Officer (uncredited)
I Like Your Nerve

Valerius' Soldier (uncredited)
Roman Scandals

Breton (uncredited)
Treasure of the Golden Condor
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
197
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-04-25
Place of Birth
Wellington, Somerset, England, UK
Also Known As
Hector William Cording